Yeah, agreed. You know, one of the things that's always made Tapas > Webtoons (For me) is the ability to communicate easily with my readers. I've probably missed a dozens of comments on Webtoons because I have no freaking way to know when I've gotten them, unless I just monitor every single episode I upload. I've had people approach me much more personally through private messages on Tapas, whether it was to just send me some nice words, ask for advice, or send gift art. That's something that will never happen on Webtoons. Creators are just flat out easier for readers to reach out to on Tapas.
Unnlleess we're talking about the app. :/ Then it's pretty much exactly like Webtoons, in terms of linking readers and creators. And that's kind of what disappoints me the most, because the biggest source of my readers has no EASY way to communicate with me, other than commenting on pages (Which, at least I get notifications for those on the site, unlike Webtoon). I get that the app is suppose to be geared more towards readers, but I really don't understand why it doesn't have any sort of notification system yet or any way to communicate outside of commenting on pages. Like heck, even the Deviantart app let's you check messages (or at least, when I used it years ago it did), and while the VAST majority of Deviantart is creators, I do know there ARE some people on there that are purely on there to watch and commission people, and those people probably find the fact that they can send and receive messages on the app pretty handy.
I wonder just how many missed opportunities there are out there. Like how many publishers or clients looking to hire artists have passed up an artist looking for work because they didn't even know the artist was looking for work because they don't see wall posts, or how many people have wanted to approach an artist about work but didn't because there's no way to contact them other than commenting on a page. Or heck, how many readers have just wanted to send a really nice message to an artist, but are too shy to post things publicly so they just never say it because there's no private message option (And I do get PMs like this from time to time, there are a lot of people out there that are just way too shy to post anything publicly). HECK! How many times have just READERS seen each other in comments frequently, saw they had a lot in common, and wished they knew how to contact each other to talk more?
Edit: And now that I think about it, how did you even handle that tipping contest that you held a while ago? What did you do if someone who was app-only had won it? Like, I would love to do some tipping contests later, but I have no idea what I'm gonna do if an app-only reader wins and I have no way to privately ask for their address to mail them a prize. I guess I can just tell them to e-mail me, but gosh, wouldn't it be so much more convenient if I could just send them a PM?